Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
HC INSERT EMERGENCY AIRWAY / INTUBATION
Morgan City, LA
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Ochsner Morgan City Llc’s median price of $226 is 45% below the median hospital's median price ($414), higher than 13% of the 2,458 hospitals reporting CPT 31500. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 11 payers, 14 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $117.36 | $117.36 | $117.36 – $117.36 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $117.36 | $117.36 | $117.36 – $117.36 |
| 3 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $120.88 | $120.88 | $120.88 – $120.88 |
| 4 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $120.88 | $120.88 | $120.88 – $120.88 |
| 5 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $157.91 | $157.91 | $89.53 – $226.29 |
| 6 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $211.29 | $211.29 | $211.29 – $211.29 |
| 7 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $211.29 | $211.29 | $211.29 – $211.29 |
| 8 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $211.29 | $211.29 | $211.29 – $211.29 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $399.00 | $399.00 | $399.00 – $399.00 |
| 10 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $537.66 | $537.66 | $537.66 – $537.66 |
| 11 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $539.51 | $539.51 | $539.51 – $539.51 |
| 12 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $597.85 | $568.52 | $211.29 – $666.76 |
| 13 | First Health all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $621.09 | $621.09 | $621.09 – $621.09 |
| 14 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $790.55 | $790.55 | $790.55 – $790.55 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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